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v rnVtMiXIff H I I mfi f in w vw3f friSR HI I 7t1 4I FitVNO OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COMMODOREtMlDEWEY UP TO 1 A MWashington May 3 1 a inpecial Up io the close of officejurs the only imformation received at the department of the brilliantifory of Admiral Dewey was through the medium of the press dispatch-es 1W3 nor jqiown wnen auvices wm come as it is tnougnr tne Spaniards destroyed the electrical aparatus of the cable before surrenderingIn this event it will be necessary to send a report to Hong Kong whichwill delayHtie report Great anxiety is felt as to fatalities to AmericansIt is feared that the Spanish managed to inflict severe damages andthatDeweylost a considerable portion of his men If this be true he will beembarrassed in holding Manila There is talk of sending troops fromSan F ranciqco to assist in this work unless he can use the insurgents togarrison the city but it is more likely that the department willawaittheofficial report The United States will retain at least one good port asa coaling station and basis of supplier Much uneasiness is felt at foreign headquarters The bombardment of the city will probably causecomplications as 24hours warning may not have been given There isno talk yet of foreign intervention The reported loss of 550 Spaniardswas not othcial The loss ot lite is not knownSagasta Tells the Queen fNew York May rSpecial At the headquarters of the Cable company it is repoVtecLthat the cable iias been cut between PhillipineOfficial dispatches fr6m Madrid say that Cagasta has gone to thepalace to announce to the Queen that the fortress of Cavite has beenraized to the ground and the unfortified portions of Manila burnedThe Americans threw petrolemn bombs into the town and buildingsnot demolished weic set on fire and soon swept away The surrenderof the city alone stopped the awful carnageAdmirals Dewey lias taken possession and the formation of anational ministry is already being seriously discussedDeweytjwill follow up his gi eat victory with the complete subjection ofthe islands He has demanded the surrender of all Spanish vessels inthe archipeligo under penalty of bombardment of the portsDetails of the FightWashington D C May 2 Thefirst details of thebattle of Manilacame by fray ofLondpn in two ilisdispatclieRTlie -first cablp dispatch an-nouncedithat the United States fleetentered Manila harbor at daybreakSunday morning stationing itselfopposite the city A fort opened fireon the American ships whereuponthey shifted their position to onenear Cavite in Manila Bay engaging in a fierce light against bothme iois Atfu tne opanisn ueerThe engagement here lasted twoand resulted in theLtiou of the SpanishfleetThis dispatch 4idds that theAmericjrn ships withdrew to theirmagazine vessel in the centre ofthe roadstead for the purpose ofcoaling One American vessel thename of which is not mentioned issaid to have been disabledCommodore Dewey requested theBritish Consul E Htoconvey a message to theSkanish Governor General demanding the surrender of all the torpedoes and guns at Mlfcntta and thepossession of the cable officers saying that unless these terms werecomplied with he would proceed tobombard the city The first of thecable messagesends with the state-hnent that the Spanish officials wereconferring with the British ConsulHI 1mr ifIt 4-aHOPKINSVILLE EX TUESDAY MOMJM MAY 8 1898PEIOE 2 GENTSMAINE IS AVENGEDGREAT FEARi C IS FELTtCost of the Phillipine Victory Not Yet Knownat WashingtonAKMORED CRUISER GARLOS VTbt OarlOa Yli fluanw ilael Mriuortd ocMiMrainl is ona of the befititttiw Simiiiah mry nr JbiUiwpy oqudA of two 1 1 iwoh HSw riuI flvo 6nipkl fl gun TlMfHiw Owow DKrf0ctHaii wiihiH 810 twuntls cohi the MpM re buui we at to fllUae twrtf to iwond jAote h niluutil lipi wiwiii lfiimiWliiiL i n mmwmmmm m wn ill I Irtt w4a1 sfand the telegraph companys agentand that pending a decision beingarrived at the cables Were not permitted to handle messagesThe second cable dispatch received at the Colonial Office aneounced that the Spanish GovernorGeneral had refused to surrenderThe message ended with thestatement that the British Governor of the Straits Settlements expected that the bombardment ofManila would be begun on Mondaymorning when the Spaniardswould cut the cableAdmiral Dwey it was laterI learned thereupon gave notice thathe would bombard the town the following morninin unless it was surrenderedThis threat was put into execution this morning and the haughtyDons were speedily brought toterms The bombardment beiranby our time about 1 oclock butthis was very early in the morningby eastern time After a bombardment of two hours the white Hagwas raised and a vessel was sentto Admiral Deweys ship to arrange the details of the surrenderThe damage done was terrificThe property loss is estimated at56000000 and there is no correctestimate set as to the actual loss oflifeCommodore Dewey in this lighthad the advantage of not beinghandicapped daily by instructionsfrom the department He sailedfrom Hongkong under orders thatgave him absolute discretion andwhen he left that city he was out ofthe reach of Washington On hisown intelligence the results woulddepend and he conducted the attack as seemed to him best Thathe has used his naval education togood advantage is appearant Hehas met the enemy and they are hisThe Administration is highly gratfied at the result and pleased toknow that he came out of it without the loss of one of his ships although it was to be expected thathe would lose some men and probably have many wounded Thereis talk to night of reviving the lankof Vice Admiral and giving it toCommodore Dewey He is the heroof the hourDEWEY AND HIS CAPTAINSThe Hen Who Won the Victoryat Manila Are Old FightersCommodore George Dewey is anold warrior of g navy who gothis christening of fire aboard theold steam sloop Mississippi underFarragut in the early days of thecivil war CommodoreDewy isnow about 60 years dlclt He belongs in Vermont and he was appointed to the naval academy fromthat state in September 1854 Fouryears later when he graduated hewas sent aboard the stdain frigateWabash for a cruise inJuie Mediterranean Dewey got lTis com-mission as lieutenant on April 191861-eight-days after Fort Sumpter was fired upon and he was immediately assigned to join the Mississippi and do duty with the WestGulf squadron He as on the Mississippi when she took part withFarraguts other vessels in forcingan entrance to the Mississippi riverand again when the fleet ran thegauntlet of fire from the forts belowNew Orleans in April 1862 andforced the surrender of that cityDDewev was attached to the steamgunboatJAgawam of the North Atlantic squadron and he took partm the two attacks made on FortFisher in December 1864 andJanuary 1865 In March 1865 heyuL ins commission as lieutenantcommander and as such served onthe famous old Kearsarge and oni 3HECOMMODOUK DEWKTthe Colorado the flagship of theEuropean squadron until 1868whenMieMvas sent for service to thenaal academy His first command was 1870 when he had theNarragansett doing special dutyHe became a commander in April1872 and still on the Narragansettmaking surveys of the Pacific until187o when he was made a lighthouse inspector and later secretaryof the lighthouse board He commanded the Juniata in the Asiaticstation in 1882 83 and in September 1884 was made a captain- andput in charge of the Dolphin oneofthe lour vessels which formed theoriginal White Squadron Thefollow ing year he was sent to command the flagship Pensacola on theEuropean squadron and he stayedthere until 1888 when he becamethe chief of the bureau of equipmentand recruiting with the rank ofcommodore This place he helduntil 1893 when he was made amember of the lighthouse boardHe got his commission as commodore on February 28 1896 and atabout the same time was madepresident ofjthe board of inspectionand survey This place he helduntil he waS put in command of theAsiatic station in January of thisyear VCapt Charles V Gridley wasborn in Indiana and appointedfrom Michigan graduating in 1863FIRST CLASS BATTLESHIP PELAYOTho Polnyo is the only first olnsa buttlouhip ownod by tho Spaniards SheIs modern in every rospoot Her displacement is 0000 tons and sMuirrlon aparticularly heavy battory Sho Is howovor mora than 1000 tons smaller thantho Indiana and Iowa of onr navy and experts deolnro that sho would not be mmatch for either of them in a sen fightSoaie of the Spanish Ships Coming This WayJt-rrjARRANGEMENTS FORCUBAS INVASIONFive Thousand Regulars Will Sail from Tarn-pa ToNightBATTERIES SERVED WITH AMMUNITION AND SOLDIERS HAVEI FULL CARTRIDGE BELTSrNew York May 2 A special tothe World from Tampa Fla saysA rumor is in circulation here tothe effect that 5000 troops and asmany Cubans as the Cuban Juntacan gather here will leave Tuesdaynight for Matanzas for the first invasion of CubaThe World correspondents information says that an army officertold him that he had seen an orderfrom the Secretary of War orderingthe tfoops to move Tuesday nightMatanzas being their objective pointTransports are expected TuesdayIt is known that of the thirtydays rations given out a few daysis being-used and theand being assigned to the steamsloop Oneida where he served fortwo years He commanded theMarion and is now commandingthe Olympia He was made a captain in March 1897Capt Nehemiah CM Dyer wasborn in Provincelown Mass in 1839 In April 1862 he was appointed an acting mate in the navy Hewas made a lieutenant in the regular army in 1868 and a few monthsafterward several vessels in thelast twenty years and now hascharge of the BaltimoreCapt Joseph B Coghlan was bornin Kentucky and appointed fromIllinoes He graduated in 1863He was executive officer of thePawnee in 1867 aiid on the steamerfrigate Guerriere in 1868 He commauds the Raleigh4Commander Benjamin P Lamberton the second ranking officerof his class in the navy and atpresent commanding the Bostonwas born in1 Pennsylvania andgraduated from the naval academyin 1995Commander Asa Walker of theConcord has been in the naval service since November 21 1862Commander Oscar W Frenchottof the Monocacy was born in Texas Heiias been fifteen years atsea and sixteen years on shore orspecial dutyCommander Edward P Wood ofthe Petrel is from Ohio He tookcharge of the Petrel December 161806 and on July 12 1897 wasraised to the grade of Commanderregimental officers have receivedword to have their commands readyto move at a moments noticeIt is known that the batterieshave been served out with 300rounds each and all soldiers havefull cartridge beltsGen A W Greely Chief SignalOfficer is expected here to dayAn attempt was made last nightto blow up the powder magazine ofKilight Wall This magazinecontains a large store of powdergun shells and dynamite It is believed to have been work of agentsof the Spanish government now atwork in this cityHe has been eighteen years at seaand fifteen years on other dutyCapt Daniel B Hodgson commanding the McCulloch is a nativeof New York In his thirty sixyears service Capt Hodgson hasspent twenty four years and fourteen months on Atlantic coast stations seven and a half years onthe lakes and two and a half yearson the PacificWar Is ExpensiveWashington May 2 SpecialBoth houses to day passed theemergency bill appropriating 36000000j Base Ball ReportsSpecialBaltimore 6 New York 4 Washington 0 Boston7 Chicago 13Louisville 7 Brooklyn 10 Philadelphia 9 Pittsburg 3 Cincinnati 7St Louis and Cleveland game stopped by rain in third inning standing 1 to 1For the first time since 1861 themembers of the Marine band atWashington are doing regular dutyas enlisted men at the marine barracks They have to do all thechores that usually fall to the lot ofthe ordinary marineIt i held by the Secretary of theInterior that ander section 4716 ofthe revised statutes service in theconfederate army voluntarily doneis a bar to a pension under the actof June 27 1890ARMORED CRUISER CARDENAL CISNEROSTho Cardenal Olsuoros is an armorort orulsor of tho typo of tho ViKMyaSho would bo n dangerous antagonist for ivy ship hut could probably b dlposed of by olthor tho New York or Brooklyn of our navy Tho faot that afcWas six years In bolng built will possibly add to hor ofllolenoy oyer veweUtier oIum-IkiJ- - JL 1111 I JUT1 rfJ n -- ll jl111 JT1 r